Let's Have Some Fun with "Portmanteau" Words..........
Connectives to Compare and Contrast..... COMPARISON – DEGREES OF COMPARISON /FORMS OF ADJECTIVES
Comparison can be made using the three forms of the adjective. Adjective is a word and it qualifies a noun. It gives more information about the noun.
eg. The lion is a strong animal.
Rita is a beautiful girl. Adjectives are of three degrees. (1) POSITIVE (2) COMPARATIVE (3) SUPERLATIVE
eg. David is a rich man.
eg. Cancer is more dreadfulthan cholera.
eg. Mount Everest is the highestpeak in the world.
Study the following models.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Very few boys in the class are as tall as John.
John is taller than any other boys in the class.
John is the tallest boy in the class.
John is taller than most other boys in the class.
John is one of the tallest boy in the class.
Adjective and Adverbs have three degrees,
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
The Positive Degree is used to denote the mere existence of quality. The Positive Degree of an adjective in comparison is the adjective in its simple form. It is used to denote the mere existence of some quality of what we speak about. It is used when no comparison is made.
Examples:
It is a tall building.
Apple is sweetto taste.
The Comparative Degree is used to compare the qualities of two persons or things. The Comparative Degree denotes the existence of a higher degree of the quality than the positive. It is used when two things (or two sets of things) are compared.
Examples:
This building is taller than any other building.
Apple is sweeter than pear.
The Superlative degree is used to show the best among the group, that is having the highest quality. The Superlative Degree is used when more than two nouns or things are compared.
The Superlative Degree denotes the existence of the highest degree of the quality. It is used when more than two things are compared.
Topic:Homographs
They are the words that have the same spelling but not necessarily the same pronunciation have different meanings and different origin
Let's Have Some Fun with "Portmanteau" Words..........
Connectives to Compare and Contrast.....
COMPARISON – DEGREES OF COMPARISON /FORMS OF ADJECTIVES
Comparison can be made using the three forms of the adjective.
Adjective is a word and it qualifies a noun. It gives more information about the noun.
eg. The lion is a strong animal.
Rita is a beautiful girl.
Adjectives are of three degrees.
(1) POSITIVE
(2) COMPARATIVE
(3) SUPERLATIVE
eg. David is a rich man.
eg. Cancer is more dreadful than cholera.
eg. Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world.
Study the following models.
The Positive Degree is used to denote the mere existence of quality.
The Positive Degree of an adjective in comparison is the adjective in its simple form. It is used to denote the mere existence of some quality of what we speak about. It is used when no comparison is made.
Examples:
The Comparative Degree is used to compare the qualities of two persons or things.
The Comparative Degree denotes the existence of a higher degree of the quality than the positive. It is used when two things (or two sets of things) are compared.
Examples:
The Superlative degree is used to show the best among the group, that is having the highest quality. The Superlative Degree is used when more than two nouns or things are compared.
The Superlative Degree denotes the existence of the highest degree of the quality. It is used when more than two things are compared.
Examples:
PPT Degree of Comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_maRSxgQhLwComparatives grammar animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQb7_KUs3ATopic:Homographs
They are the words that have the same spelling but not necessarily the same pronunciation have different meanings and different origin
Video link
https://youtu.be/01oRyUGGC0I
https://youtu.be/S4ialWzHa6o
Worksheets
http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/choose-the-homograph/view/